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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8416 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8416 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 730 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 25 Nov 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Northwest Africa 8416 (NWA 8416) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2014 Mar Classification: Ureilite History: Purchased in Temara, Morocco, by Adam Aaronson in March 2014. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Protogranular aggregate of olivine with very thick, dark reduced rims and pigeonite. Geochemistry: Olivine (cores Fa22.4-22.5, N = 2; rim Fa5.2), pigeonite (Fs17.9-18.6Wo6.5-7.0, N = 3). Classification: Ureilite. Specimens: 20.1 g including one polished thin section at UWB. The remainder is held by Aaronson. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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